Meeting on Bolting

Public meeting on bolting policy on January 4, 2024 at 5 pm.6448 Hailee Road, #9, Joshua Tree(north of Sam’s, across from Post Office) Plenty of eats, drinks and Q&A with open comments on bolts in wilderness areas.… Read More


49 Palms Oasis Trail

49 Palms Oasis Hiking Trail Closure is Lifted As of Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 49 Palms Oasis Hiking Trail closure is lifted! – – –  As previously released by Hannah Schwalbe       Beginning today, Monday, August 7, 2023, park rangers will close the Fortynine Palms Trail and Oasis to allow bighorn sheep undisturbed… Read More


Jane Rodgers, JOTR Superintendent

The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Jane Rodgers as the new permanent superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park beginning Aug. 13.  Rodgers has been the acting superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park since January 2023 and, before that, served as the park’s Chief of Science and Resource Stewardship for the last seven years, where… Read More